In this chapter, not-consent continues to masquerade as consent! Grey takes her to his…um, playroom.  Everything’s all dark wood and polished leather.  He’s got a ridiculous number of canes, whips, ropes, crops, chains, paddles, and then the author ran out of BDSM words.  (Why do you need more than one cane?  And why are his…

Christian drives an Audi SUV.  Between this and the tea thing, I have to honestly wonder if this book knows what ‘richer than god’ actually means.  I mean, Audi is pretty good, but how much of a fantasy is it to drive a $40K car instead of $250K one? I touch my lips, swollen from…

Warning: there is sexual assault in this chapter. Ana wakes up in Grey’s hotel suite and– And no.  I have to stop already.  She’s in Grey’s hotel suite after passing out drunk in a bar.  This is wrong.  This is wrong on so very, very many levels.  1) She passed out in a bar.  I’m…

Ana really wants Grey to kiss her, to the point where this desire is TEH MOST DRAMATIC THING EVAR!!  Yet, in typical ‘romance heroine’ fashion, she does nothing except sit there in his arms and really, really want it.  Doesn’t make a move on him, doesn’t say anything, just wishes a lot. If you want…

Her curiosity oozes through the phone. There was no editor for this.  None at all. Kate and Ana talk about Grey showing up at the store. “I think that is one huge coincidence, Ana. You don’t think he was there to see you?” she speculates. Okay, this is a huge pet peeve of mine, so…